'God was with me in a wonderful manner': the Puritan origins of the Indian captivity narrative

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This paper argues that the origins of the Indian captivity narrative should be understood in the historical contexts of its production in the New World as a narrative that is at once descriptive of the personal experiences of frontier captives of the seventeenth century, and is symbolic too of the Puritan errand of separation, settlement and eventual conquest of the land.

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Panay, A. 2012. 'God was with me in a wonderful manner': the Puritan origins of the Indian captivity narrative. American Studies Today Online. 19(1). Available from http://www.americansc.org.uk/Online/Online_2012/Captivity.html

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This is the author's final version of this article. Published (c)American Studies Resources Centre, Aldham Robarts Centre, Liverpool John Moores University, available from http://www.americansc.org.uk/Online/Online_2012/Captivity.html